Horse, Rocking
- Title:
- Tony
- Object Name:
- Horse, Rocking
- Object ID:
- 1982.035
- Creator:
- Marqua, W. A. Company
- Place of Origin:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Rocking horse. Wood, leather, horsehair, and brass. Dapple-gray horse with painted wooden body, black leather saddle and bridle, and horsehair mane and tail. Wooden base, painted red, with stenciled black lettering: "MARQUA HOBBY / PATENTED / OCT. 1' 1878." Hooves are connected by wooden supports, painted black, which are attached to base by swinging steel rods. Brass tacks on saddle and bridle. Brass stirrups. Mouth and nostrils painted red.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Hair
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-29 W-11.75 L-34.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally used by Phineas Frank Russell (1880-1955) of East Hebron, NH. Donated by his sisters. The horse remained in the Russell family for 100 years. He was called "Tony."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Rose and Ruth Eleanor Russell
- Subjects:
- Rocking horses
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